In charts | What you need to know about COVID-19 surge right now
India reported more than two lakh new cases of COVID-19 on April 15, highest ever single day spike recorded. Active cases rose to 14.71 lakh mark. Over 11.44 crore vaccinations administered till date.
April 15, 2021 / 10:40 IST
A patient, Shelly Dhingra is tested for coronavirus at Police training school Dwarka, in New Dehli
India’s COVID-19 case tally is now above 1.40 crore with 2,00,739 new cases reported as per the health ministry’s April 15 update. New cases today recorded the highest ever single day spike, cases continuing above the 1.5 lakh mark for the 5th consecutive day.
India reported 1,038 new deaths (highest in 2021) and 93,528 new recoveries in the last 24 hours, the latest release shows. More than 11.44 crore vaccinations have been administered across India, according to the April 15 update, with 33,13,848 new vaccinations reported in a day. Of the total vaccinations administered till date, 87 percent are recipients of their first dose while 13 percent have received the second dose. Among states, Maharashtra has administered the most nearly 11.1 million vaccine doses, followed by Rajasthan (10.2 million) and Gujarat (9.9 million).India now has 14,71,877 active cases, with an increase of 1,06,173 cases in 24 hours as per the April 15 update. Maharashtra now reports the most (6,13,635 or 42 percent) active cases in the country, followed by Chhattisgarh (1,18,636) and Uttar Pradesh (1,11,835).Maharashtra reported the most (58,952 or 29 percent) new cases in the last 24 hours, followed by Uttar Pradesh (20,439), Delhi (17,282), Chhattisgarh (14,250) and Karnataka (11,265). These five states account for 61 percent of all the new cases reported in India.
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The total recoveries in India are now over 1.24 crore while total deaths now stand at 1,73,123 as per April 15 update. The mortality rate in the country is at 1.2 percent with Punjab reporting the highest (2.7 percent). More than 13 lakh daily tests reported as on April 14 with more than 26.20 crore tests carried out till date.
Despite the high number of cases and deaths reported by India, the country fares better when compared with other nations in terms of per million population.
Chaitanya Mallapur is a Research Analyst at Moneycontrol
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